Spencer Update

Spencer is almost 8 months old now - can you believe it? He is eating well - plump and happy! He can roll over and sit up. He even lifts himself on his hands and tip toes so he looks like he is going to do a push up. :) It is really cute. Here are some of the pictures we had taken of him last week.

One of my new hobbies . . .

Since we bought our house two years ago, I have been dreading taking care of the yard but this year has been nice. I have have found I actually like planting flowers and taking care of them. I am really enjoying being outside working in the soil. I just have to get my joints to stop aching so much and then I could do more of it!

Eva loves to come out with me . . .

Rushforth girls in aprons - slaving away!

Eva loves to help me cook! She and I made turtle cake together a couple of weeks ago. We both (and Grandpa Call) had fun making it and we had fun eating it too! :)

Mission Reunion in Dallas

Lucky for me, one of favorite mission companions, Tamara Lisonbee, lives in Dallas so I was able to see here while I was there! That was such a treat. We went to a mexican restaurant relatively close to our hotel and talked for a good long time. It was great fun and the food was good too. I am not really a mexican food eater normally but I had heard that Texas mexican food was great. I wasn't disappointed! We were enjoying ourselves so much that we stayed until past when the restaurant closed - they were cleaning up and closing up around us but we didn't get the clue! Very unobservant and focused on ourselves. Tamara is expecting any day now and looks so cute pregnant. Here is a picture of the two of us - unfortunately you can't really see her pregnant middle very well:

Dallas, Texas

So, the main reason we took a trip to Las Vegas in the middle of summer was to drop off the kids to Grandma and Grandpa Rushforth while Adam and I attended a National Federation of the Blind Convention in Dallas, Texas. That was an adventure! It is quite a sight to behold - a hotel full of blind people finding their way around quite well! We spent time with friends Adam has made over the years - it was very fun for me to finally meet them and learn a little bit more about my husband in the process! :)

Here are some pictures of some of Adam's friends:

From left to right: Amber, Mary Jo, Brooke, Ron Gardner, Louise, Cheralyn, and Adam

We saw Deja Powell for the last time at the Banquet we had on July 4th.

We hung out a lot with Tara and Tyler Briggs from Salt Lake City. It was fun to get to know them better - they are amazing people!

We had a good time in Dallas but I was very anxious to get back to my little kids. I couldn't wait to get back to Vegas, not withstanding the heat wave.

I finally got to see COVE FORT

Ever since the first time I made the trip down to Las Vegas, I have seen all the signs advertising Cove Fort but we have always been in too much of a hurry to visit. Finally, this last trip down, even though we were late leaving and were really late arriving in Vegas, we stopped to visit Cove Fort. It was great to visit President Gordon B. Hinckley's roots. I enjoyed seeing very much! What history! I am glad that it has been preserved for us to see.

About an eon ago . . . Torinha came for a visit!

As I have already mentioned, I am such a slacker! I meant to post about Tori's trip up to see us forever ago but I am very slow - just call me tortoise.

My college roommate Tori - who lives in melting Arizona - came to visit us on June 25, 2008. We were heading to Las Vegas and Dallas the next day so we are so glad that we were able to squeeze her visit in! Tori and I lived in the Portuguese house together at BYU while she got engaged and I started dating Adam. Funny, eh? I guess we were good luck for each other! She came to my college graduation and even made it to my wedding - for which I was so grateful. She is a great friend. She has two cut girls - Taylor and Pyper. I had met Taylor once or twice before but this was my first time meeting Pyper. Our kids are really close to the same age so it was fun to see them play together. Eva was very sad to see them leave - we will have to visit them in Arizona when it isn't so HOT (as long as the scorpions she says she finds in her house take a vacation! :))

Here are some pictures:

I'm not sure what they were trying to do here but . . . sibling bonding!

From Left to Right: Pyper, Taylor, Eva and Spencer

Tori's beautiful family!

The new friends. Eva has this thing about closing her eyes when Mom wants to take a picture - she is such a character.

We were so glad to see Tori and their family and we hope they will return to visit us again soon!